COLLECTIONS
of the
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETYVOL. VI
PORTLAND:
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY
1859
CONTENTS. -
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By-Laws of the Society |
ix. |
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Officers for the year 1859-60,
and Past Officers |
xix. |
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Resident Members - 1859, |
xxi. |
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Persons Chosen Resident Members
who have left the State, |
xxii. |
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Resident Members Deceased, |
xxiii. |
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Corresponding Members, |
xxiv. |
| ARTICLE |
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| I. |
Scotch-Irish Immigrations to
Maine, and a Summary History of Presbyterianism. An
Address before the Society, Jan. 27, 1858. By
William Willis |
1 |
| II. |
The Early Lawyers of Lincoln
and Kennebec Counties. By Frederic Allen
- William Cushing,
- Charles Cushing,
- Roland Cushing,
- James Sullivan,
- John Gardiner,
- William Lithgow, Jr.,
- Silas Lee,
- Benjamin Hasey,
- Jeremiah Bailey,
- Samuel S. Wilde,
- Thomas Rice,
- Nathaniel Perley,
- Solomon Vose,
- Thomas Bond,
- Ebenezer T. Warren,
- Eleazer W. Ripley,
- Benjamin Whitwell,
- Nathan Bridge,
- Sanford Kingsbury,
- Timothy Boutelle,
- Lemuel Paine,
- Henry W. Fuller,
- Erastus Foote,
- John Otis,
- Hiram Belcher,
- Edward Kavanagh,
- Ebenezer Clapp,
- Isaac G. Reed,
- Joseph Sewell,
- William J. Farley,
- Jonathan Cilley. |
38 |
| III. |
Memoir of Benjamin Vaughan,
M. D., LL. D. By Robert H. Gardiner. |
82
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| IV. |
Albert Gallatin -
Autobiography - 1798
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93 |
| V. |
Castine and the Old Coins
found there By Joseph Williamson.
- Origin of the name - Baron de St. Castin - 110
- Discovery of the Coins - 114
- Description - 117
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| VI. |
Remarks on old Coins found
at Portland in 1849, and at Richmond's Island in 1855, with
a general notice of Coins and Coinage. By William
Willis
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127 |
| VII. |
Memoir of the John Murray,
First Minister of the Church of Boothbay. By Rev.
A. G. Vermilye, of Newburyport, Mass.
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153 |
| VIII. |
The early history of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Maine.
By Edward Ballard, A. M., Rector of St. Paul's Church,
Brunswick, Me.
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171 |
| IX. |
The Abnaki Indians.
By Eugene Vetromile, S. J., Professor in the College of the
Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. With a brief Memoir of
Prof. Vetromile. By Rev. Edward Ballard.
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203 |
| X. |
The Abenaki Indians.
Their Treaties of 1713 and 1717, and a Vocabulary; with a
Historical Introduction. By Frederic Kidder, of
Boston.
- Vocabulary - 245
- Treaty of 1713 at Portsmouth - 250
- Signatures and Totems - 253
- Treaty of 1717, at Georgetown, Me. - 260
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229 |
| XI. |
The Indians of Hudson's Bay,
and their language. Selected from Umfreville's
"Present State of Hudson's Bay." By William Willis
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265 |
| XII. |
Extracts from a Memoir of M.
de la Mothe Caddilac, 1692, concerning Acadia and New
England; from the Archives of Paris.
Translated
and communicated to the Society by James Robb, M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry, &c., in King's College, New
Brunswick |
273 |
| XIII. |
The voyage of Capt. George
Weymouth to the coast of Maine in 1605. An
attempt to show that the Islands and River, now called St.
George, were those visited by Weymouth. By George
Prince, of Bath, Me. |
291 |
| XIV. |
Weymouth's Voyage.
Extracts from a paper read before a meeting of the Society
in Portland, June 29, 1859 By David Cushman, of
Warren.
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307 |
| XV. |
General Waldo's Circular, in
Germany, 1753: with an introduction. By John L. Locke,
of Belfast.
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319 |
| XVI. |
The Certificate of Gov.
Pownall, on taking possession of the Penobscot Country in
1759; with an introductory note. By Joseph
Williamson
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333 |
| XVII. |
French Neutrals in Maine;
with a preliminary note by Joseph Williamson.
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339 |
| XVIII. |
Oyster Shell Deposit on
Damariscotta River. By Prof. P. A. Chadbourne, of
Bowdoin College
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345 |
| XIX. |
Proceedings of the Society
for the year 1859; with obituary notices of deceased
members. By William Willis
- Meeting at Augusta, January 19, - 355
- Notice of Stephen Thatcher - 358
- Meeting at Brunswick Aug. 4 - 362
- Notice of the Hon. Joseph Dane, - 364
- Notice of the Hon. Nathaniel Groton - 367
- Notice of the Rev. Dr. Nichols - 373
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353 |
| XX. |
Eulogy on Parker Cleaveland,
LL. D., late Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Natural
Philosophy, at Bowdoin College; and Corresponding Secretary
of the Maine Historical Society. By Leonard Woods, D.
D., President of Bowdoin College. With an Appendix. |
375 |
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